Project Grant R305A220121

This four-year, $1,779,377 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program aims to scale inclusive computing pathways through a collaborative effort between Digital Promise Global and eight diverse school districts across the United States. The partnership will create a professional learning community for district administrators and instructors to develop skills and support systems for implementing cumulative, consistent, and...

The Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded Literacy Design Collaborative of Bowling Green, New York an $8.8 million Project Grant under the Education Innovation and Research (formerly Investing in Innovation (i3) Fund) program. The grant will support Literacy Design Collaborative's efforts to scale an evidence-based national model of instructional systems designed to improve student achievement and attainment for high-need students. The Education...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) award under the STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources, CFDA 47.076) program for $996,169 provides funding for a research synthesis study to examine the relationships among teacher professional learning (PL) interventions, teacher knowledge and practice, and associated student outcomes in math and science education. The research team at the American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences (AIR) will use meta-analysis techniques to...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Discovery Research PreK-12 (DRK-12) program project grant, awarded to WestEd, seeks to understand how a large, urban school district can implement a practice-based professional learning program for middle school science teachers. The $1,495,848 award, effective September 15, 2024 through August 31, 2028, will employ performance assessments as a lever for instructional improvement by eliciting, centering, and advancing students' thinking in science...

The Groton Board of Education received a $150,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Innovative Approaches to Literacy federal grant program (CFDA 84.215). The funding will support Groton Public School's Career Pathway Program, which was awarded on August 8, 2022 and will be completed by December 31, 2024. The Career Pathway Program will deliver innovative approaches to literacy skills development for children and...

The Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded Commonlit Inc. a $4.4 million Project Grant under the Education Innovation and Research program (CFDA 84.411) to expand access to its digital English language arts program and accelerate learning among underserved students. Commonlit 360 provides a content-rich digital curriculum designed to improve student achievement and attainment for high-need students through 2027. The Education Innovation and Research...

This Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), supports a collaborative research project called "Framework for Integrating Technology for Equity (FIT for Equity)." The $254,853 award will engage 24 teachers in co-designing technology-enhanced data literacy lessons for elementary students, with the goal of developing data literacy skills and promoting equity in mathematics education. The project will produce a...

The Project Grant award of $369,400 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program (CFDA 45.313) will support Old Dominion University Research Foundation (ODURF) and Texas Woman's University in developing a model of information literacy (IL) instruction. The project will investigate how library and information science (LIS) faculty and secondary school library practitioners currently address psychosocial, emotional, and cultural...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $290,373 to Central Michigan University to develop the abilities of STEM teacher educators to model core teaching practices (CTPs) for teacher candidates. The project aims to ensure new STEM teachers can effectively use CTPs, which research has shown best support learning for all students. Over 2 years, the project will facilitate a community of practice (COP) where STEM teacher...

This federal Project Grant award from the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) under the Education Research, Development and Dissemination program (CFDA 84.305) provides $1,943,249.00 to the Research Foundation For The State University Of New York to fund the "CENTER FOR EARLY LITERACY AND RESPONSIBLE AI (CELARAI): INNOVATING BEGINNING READING INSTRUCTION FOR CULTURALLY AND LINGUISTICALLY DIVERSE LEARNERS" initiative. This project aims to research and develop new approaches to early...